Carl Abraham Zimring is an American historian and professor at the Pratt Institute, recognized for his scholarship in the field of discard studies. He co-edited The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage (Sage Publications, 2012) with William Rathje.

Zimring is the author of several books, including Cash for Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America (Rutgers University Press, 2005), Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States (New York University Press, 2015), and Aluminum Upcycled: Sustainable Design in Historical Perspective (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017).

External links

• Carl A. Zimring's Home Page.
• Blog.